“Marla came up to me and said 'I'm Marla and I love your husband. Do you?'”

Donald Trump ex-wife Ivana Trump

Rumours of Donald playing away from home with model Marla Maples became hot news across the world in 1990 and were exacerbated by Ivana picking up the phone in their family home to hear her voice.

She encountered Marla on a ski resort in Aspen, Colorado, at Christmas in 1990 and it did not go well.

In an interview with Barbara Walters at the time, the Czech recalled: "Marla came up to me and said 'I'm Marla and I love your husband. Do you?'"

"I said 'Get lost. I love my husband very much'."

She added that Donald said nothing during the confrontation the duo soon divorced.

Speaking of their separation Donald said: "Putting a wife to work is a dangerous thing.

"If you're in business for yourself I really think it's a bad idea to put your wife working for you.

"I think it was the single, greatest cause of what happened to Ivana."

But far from crying over what could have been, the 68-year-old Ivana has lived a great life since.

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TOGETHER AGAIN: Donal Trump and ex-wife Ivana Trump at their son's golfing match

She signed to a top Hollywood agent, developed lines of clothing, fashion jewellery and beauty products.

The businesswoman bought shares in Croatia's second biggest newspaper and has had several books published as well as playing a role in Hollywood film The First Wives Club where she uttered the line: "Don't get mad, get everything."

Ivana didn't quite get everything in her split with Trump but she did come away with a nice little goodbye package.

The blonde socialite reportedly got $14m (£11m) as well as an apartment at Trump Plaza, a 45-room estate, access to their Palm Beach, Florida, home and a private club.

Trump sued Ivana for violating a divorce gagging order but they are now on good terms.

Ivana even admitted she occasionally advises him, revealing last year that she told Donald to "be more calm”.

She also added: "He's no politician. He's a businessman. He's knows how to talk."

Ivana has been married and divorced twice since, to Italian businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli and pop star Rossano Rubicondi.

Her current net worth is $60m (£48m).

Marla Maples (1993-99)

Trump's only fully American wife was Marla Maples from Cohutta, Georgia.

The small-town girl quickly moved into showbusiness as a model and actress.

The beauty bagged a part in Stephen King's creepy 1986 movie Maximum Overdrive, hit Will Smith sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and appeared as a guest at WWE's WrestleMania 7.

She met Trump in 1989 at the age of 26 and soon fell for the businessman after he reportedly showered her with expensive gifts, secretly went on dates with her in plush limos and whisked her away to his famous Palm Beach mansion for flings.

Marla got what she "was praying for for a long time" and the pair married at New York City's Plaza Hotel once she fell pregnant with Tiffany in 1993.

Their relationship hit headlines many times especially when Trump admitted to "making out" with Marla during childbirth.

Marla told reporters that her lovemaking with Trump was "the best sex I've ever had”.

But – like with Ivana – it all fell apart.

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HAPPY: Donald Trump on his wedding day to ex-wife Marla Maples in 1993

According to a People magazine article of that year a friend said Donald was "more in lust than in love" with Maples.

He reportedly refused to say anything more than: "Marla's a good girl but I wanted out."

The duo separated in 1997 and finally divorced in 1999.

Since the pair went their separate ways, Marla has released a musical journey of spiritual awakening album called The Endless featuring thoughts from the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra.

She also wrote a book called All That Glitters Is Not Gold but was cancelled before publishing.

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NOW: Donald Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples poses for a photo

Talking about her marriage, Marla said: "We were so different. It could get a little bit combative.

"You always hope in a marriage that you bring out the best in each other but after many years we realised that we weren't.

"Girls in their 20s often want to change the men they're with. Make them a little softer.

"I had my own thoughts and views though."

Marla was given only $2m (£1.63m) in the divorce and has not married again since.

Her current net worth $30m (£24m).

She joined Ivana in attending Donald's presidential inauguration in January.